Taxonomy
In the past the species has been placed in the genus Ibis, Tantalus and Pseudotantalus. The name Tantalus is derived from Greek mythology. T C Jerdon called it the "Pelican Ibis". It was later placed along with the wood-storks to which it shows behavioural similarities and the affinity has been confirmed by sequence based studies.
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